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From: vances@xenitec.on.ca (Vance Shipley)
Subject: 2.0-RELEASE FTP Install Won't Work
Organization: XeniTec Consulting, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 06:02:34 GMT
Message-ID: <D0664C.E40@xenitec.on.ca>
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I picked up the 2.0-RELEASE boot/cpio floppies on the weekend
and installed them on a machine at work this week.  I was quite
happy with the changes to the install process all in all but
I found I could not get the automatic FTP installation to work.

I tried continually to choose the primary site and would always
get a message about my user name being missing or something
(I understand from a previous post that this is normal), then 
nothing for some time.  The next thing is that the script would 
complain about the CHKSUMS being wrong.  I'm sure this is just
because the ftp has failed.

I was able to choose the "select your own site" option and manually
ftp the bindist from ftp.freebsd.org without problem.
The machine is on an ethernet with a another machine with a PPP link.

This was not a large problem for me, I am quite happy with the new
release, I just want to help make it better in a small way.

Vance Shipley, vances@xenitec.on.cA
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Vance Shipley, vances@xenitec.on.ca